First human settlement > Date:
Date or period of the first known or suspected human settlement within each geographic location listed. For further descriptions, please refer to notes.

First human settlement > Notes:
Description of the first known or suspected human settlement within each geographic location listed. For the date or period of the described settlement, please refer to the according date stat.

No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.

Neighboring countries and territories:
The countries and territories neighboring each country. "L" means they share only a land border and "M" means they have only maritime boundaries. A blank means they share both.

Number of maritime boundary neighbours:
Number of states and territories with which each country shares a maritime border. Two countries separated from each other by a body of water have a maritime border with each other.

Overview:
A geopolitical overview of every sovereign country in the world, briefly examining their recent history and place on the global stage. The texts are taken from the BBC News website.